On the night of the Nine-Tails, I shattered the Tailed Beast Ball with a single punch.

Even Nagasawa didn't expect that Inuzuka Midori would be the fastest to master Observation Haki, her progress was simply astonishing.

Nagasawa felt it might be related to the Inuzuka clan's secret techniques, but he couldn't rule out the possibility that Inuzuka Midori herself had a good Observation Haki talent.

After all, what Yongze opened up for them was the possibility of cultivating domineering aura; how well they would develop it depended on themselves.

Kakashi adjusted his headband, revealing his Sharingan with two tomoe. With his enhanced vision, he saw what was happening not far away:

"Ninjas have attacked the outpost. Go and provide support immediately."

After saying that, Kakashi rushed out instantly.

He had been getting beaten up for almost two months, which almost drove him to despair. He couldn't wait to have a fight and see how much he had improved.

Not to be outdone, Inuzuka Midori charged forward with Haimaru.

Saltwater followed closely behind, ready to use Shadow Imitation Technique to control the opponent at any time.

This was also part of their tactical plan.

Kakashi possesses the dual acceleration of Shave and Chidori, along with the Sharingan's exceptional observational abilities, allowing him to maneuver nimbly through crowds even when at the forefront.

Inuzuka Midori has a strong physique, and after transforming and fusing with Haimaru, she can reach an even higher level, so she can charge behind Kakashi without any problems.

As for Salt Water, according to Yongze, it's a traditional squishy mage who just needs to stay in the back, control the enemy, and deal damage.

Once Kakashi and Inuzuka Green have attracted enough attention, he can then use his Shadow Technique to pull a sneaky trick.

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Among the sentries, one ninja was observing the surroundings with binoculars, while the other two ninjas were on guard with their naked eyes.

Suddenly, the ninja with the binoculars sensed a dark shadow flash by and quickly began searching for it, while also giving a warning:

"Something seems wrong. I saw a dark shadow flash by."

But before the Konoha ninja could find it, the true identity of the shadowy figure was revealed, and five Iwa ninjas suddenly rushed in.

The three Konoha ninja quickly pulled out kunai, and the one with the binoculars frowned and said:

"Iwagakure ninja? We signed a peace treaty and are allies now. Are you planning to break the treaty?"

The five Iwa ninja, dressed as Hidden Stone Ninja, clearly weren't going to waste words with the Hidden Leaf Ninja. The leader simply waved his hand coldly and said:

“Kill them.”

"Damn it, do you bunch of lunatics want to start another war?!" a Konoha ninja cursed.

clang!

The kunai of the Iwa ninja and the Konoha ninja clashed together.

The Konoha ninjas on the outposts weren't very strong; there were two Chunin and even one Genin.

In addition, the Iwa ninja had a numerical advantage, and within two minutes, the Konoha ninja were in grave danger, nearly dying several times from the Iwa ninja's shuriken.

But at this critical moment, a sound broke through the air, and a boy wearing a cat-face mask rushed in.

The leader of the Iwa ninja looked at Kakashi's attire and his heart sank. He cursed his bad luck for running into Konoha's ANBU so quickly.

The Konoha Anbu ninjas are not to be trifled with. The leader of the Iwa ninja left and ordered, "Retreat quickly, their reinforcements are here."

This group of Iwa ninja was clearly well-disciplined; upon hearing their leader's order, they immediately retreated and ran swiftly through the forest.

The leader of the Iwa ninja had a simple idea: with such a large forest, it would be too easy to hide, and there was no way they could catch just one person.

Unfortunately, they ran into Nagasawa's secret service squad.

If they encountered other ANBU squads, they might actually have been able to escape, but Kakashi and his team's strength is not as simple as that of ordinary ANBU members.

Let alone the enhanced Kakashi trained by Nagasawa, even the original Kakashi could easily defeat them one by one.

Seeing that the enemy was trying to escape, Kakashi immediately formed hand seals and used Chidori, then stomped the ground twice and used Shave to pursue them.

Zizizi! !

Shining blue lightning gathered in Kakashi's hand. Stimulated by the Lightning Release chakra, his cell activity increased and his speed surged. Combined with the use of Shave, Kakashi shot out like a bolt of lightning.

Zizi!

Kakashi's extreme speed allowed him to catch up with the slowest person in an instant, and he pierced through the thigh with Chidori.

The Iwa ninja screamed in agony and lost the ability to move.

Chapter Forty: Nagasawa's Restless Moment

After taking down one of them, Kakashi didn't pause for a moment, raising Chidori and charging towards the remaining four.

Two, three, four.

With each of Kakashi's charges, an Iwa ninja fell to the ground.

The remaining last person was also getting closer to Kakashi, and was about to be trapped in a desperate situation.

Faced with this situation, the leader of the Iwa ninja seemed to have given up on escaping and was preparing for a do-or-die battle with Kakashi.

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

But before the Iwa ninja could finish completing the forty-four hand seals, Kakashi's Chidori had already pierced his body.

"Kakashi, didn't you even leave one for me? You took them all by yourself." Inuzuka Midori said with a pout as she walked over.

Kakashi had been beaten up for almost two months, and she felt the same way, really wanting to beat someone up to vent her anger.

Unable to defeat Nagasawa, I can only vent my anger on these foolish enemies.

"To prevent them from escaping, we must deal with this as quickly as possible," Kakashi said calmly.

"How could I not know that? I was just complaining." Inuzuka Midori said, as if to say, "How could I not understand?"

After bringing all the incapacitated Iwa ninja back to the outpost, Kakashi asked the Konoha ninja at the post, "What happened?"

The sentry ninja looked at Kakashi with gratitude, "Thank you very much for your timely support. As for these Iwa ninja, we don't know what happened to them."

"We were just on duty when they suddenly stormed in and threatened to kill us."

The sentry ninja became agitated and said, "I suspect the Iwa ninja want to continue the war; they've violated the peace treaty!"

The Iwa ninja lying on the ground sneered, "So what if we destroy it? The contract is just a piece of paper. What can Konoha do if we Iwa ninja tear it up?"

"Signing the contract is merely wishful thinking on your part, Konoha."

"You!" Upon hearing this, the Konoha ninja on guard duty immediately couldn't hold back and wanted to rush up and give the Iwa ninja Bangbang who spoke a couple of punches.

However, the salt water stopped the Konoha ninja. He was afraid that the Konoha ninja might accidentally kill someone in his anger, and his keen senses detected a familiar aura.

This operation is so similar to Nagasawa's plan in Kusashinobu.

Salt Water calmly said, "Don't fall for the enemy's trick. These five people may not be Iwa ninja."

It's also possible that an enemy is impersonating an Iwa ninja to sabotage our relationship with them; we need to be careful to identify them.

Kakashi nodded.

He also had a sense of déjà vu.

These five Iwa ninja, apart from their headbands and clothing, didn't resemble Iwa ninja at all.

He used Earth Release: Earth Wall when he was disguised as an Iwa ninja in Kusagakure, at least it was an Earth Release ninjutsu. This group of people didn't use a single Earth Release ninjutsu from beginning to end. You're telling me you're an Iwa ninja? You're kidding me.

Kakashi used his Sharingan to survey his surroundings and suddenly spotted the shuriken stuck in the wooden board.

Kakashi pulled out the shuriken, examined it, and calmly said, "They shouldn't be Iwa ninja. This shuriken isn't an Iwa ninja shuriken."

He had fought against Iwa ninja on the battlefield, and he knew the ninja tools they used all too well.

While it's true that in order to mislead enemy nations, some ninja tools made in other countries might be used in special missions.

But judging from the momentum of these fake Iwa ninja, they seem ready to go to war with Konoha. They haven't even changed their headbands and uniforms, so why would they bother to change their shuriken?

Adding to the issue of ninjutsu, Kakashi was certain that these people were definitely not Iwa ninja.

Salt Water nodded in agreement, saying, "I also think they're suspicious. They're probably not Iwa ninjas, but ninjas from some country or organization with ulterior motives."

The captured Iwa ninja panicked upon hearing Kakashi and the others' conversation and immediately cursed:

"Heh, we Iwa ninja don't do things like that. You Konoha shouldn't project your dirty thoughts onto other ninja villages."

Inuzuka Midori chuckled and said, "Looks like you weren't wrong, he's in a hurry, he's really in a hurry."

Kakashi moved swiftly, knocking all the Iwa ninja unconscious, and said:

"This matter is probably not simple and cannot be resolved by ourselves. We should hand it over to Squad Leader Yongze as soon as possible."

The reason for knocking out those fake Iwa ninja was to prevent them from committing suicide. Although Konoha has secret techniques that can extract information even from corpses, ultimately, living people can provide more information.

“That’s right.” Saltwater nodded.

The three of them then led all the fake Iwa ninja away from the outpost and headed for the Anbu.

Before leaving, Kakashi also asked one of the sentry ninjas to inform Minato Namikaze.

This was no small matter, and it was only thanks to Kakashi and the others that they arrived in time.

Otherwise, if they really killed these three Konoha ninjas and left some traces of Iwa ninjas at the scene, it would be difficult to investigate later.

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ANBU base.

Nagasawa looked at the five fake Iwa ninja dressed as Iwa ninja in front of him, somewhat speechless, and laughed:

"Is this karma? We were just pretending to be Iwa ninja in Kusagakure, and now, in the blink of an eye, someone is doing the same thing in Konoha."

"I had expected that someone would be restless and want to make a move, but I didn't expect them to be so trashy. They didn't even send a Jonin. They look down on Konoha."

"They probably just wanted to attack the outpost, but they didn't expect to run into us on patrol," Saltwater analyzed.

"Whatever, you guys must be tired of patrolling anyway. Maybe this time we'll have a proper big battle," Nagasawa said nonchalantly.

At present, as long as Konoha does not suffer any major losses, the other four major ninja villages will basically not dare to make any unusual moves.

After all, they had just been brutally beaten and were still in pain. Konoha suffered heavy losses, and so did they.